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APPLICATION FILED Nov.H.19|1.

1 ,31 4, 96 3 Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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To all whomit may concern d Be it known thatl, NELSON 'A. HUME, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Black creek,- in the countyof Allegany and State of New York, have invented certain new and, usefulImprovements in Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame. This invention relates to improvements in hooks.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of hooksparticularly adapted for doors or the like and the hook has securedthereto a lever which is adapted to move the hook into looking orunlocking position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a lever adapted to besecured to the door or like and has adjustably or pivotally securedthereto a hook whereby the hook may be moved into and out of lockingengagement with a staple.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hook having securedthereto a lever and means carried by the hook and lever whereby thelever is limited in its downward movements when "the hook is in lookingposition.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a lever having anattaching plate for facilitating the securing of the same to a door orthe like and adjustably and pivotally secured to the lever is a hookwhich facilitates the movement of the hookinto locking engagement withthe staple through the medium of its adjustment with relation to thelever.

A further object of this invention is to provide a hook of thischaracter, which will be simple, practical and comparatively inexpensivein construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view,-.the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed and set forth in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating a fragmentaryportion of a door having the hook applied thereto,

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a fragmentary portion of a doorillustrating the appli- Application filed November 17, 1917. Serial in.262,526.

Specification of Letters Patent." l Patented S e pt.

cation of the hook thereto showing hook I in partly open position, jFig. 3 isa top plan view of the, same, Fig. 4 is a sectional viewillustrating the manner in which the hook is adjustably secured to thelever, and i j Fig. oisia detailsectionalview, Referring to the drawing,the numeral 5 designates the hook in its entirety and it is constructedof metal or other suitable material suitable for the purpose.

The hook comprises a curved shank (3 which has one end curved downwardlyand inwardly to provide a bill 7, the opposite end being curved upwardlyand apertured.

A curved lever 8 has each of its ends bent laterally at right angles tothe shank to provide a manipulating or raising member 9 and a shankengaging member 10. An attaching plate 11 is secured by suitablefastening means 13 to a door or the like as illustrated in the drawingand is pivotally secured as at let to the lever 8 adjacent one endthereof. A lug or projection 12 is formed integrally with one end of thelever adjacent its hook engaging end, and this lug or projec:

tion is adapted to be movable in the apertured end of the shank 6 of thehook. The upper wall of the apertured end of the hook 6 is concaved andprovided with a plurality of substantially semi-circular concavities 15which are adapted to engage the rivet or projection 12 so as to permitthe hook to be adjustably and pivotally secured to the lever 8 asillustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawing.

The manipulating end of the lever 8 has one edge thereof bent laterallyand provided with a plurality of upwardly inclined teeth 16 which areadapted to have engagement with the angular-1y bent portion 17 formedintegrally with the upper edge of the hook shank 6 adjacent the bill endthereof, thus it can be seen that the downward movement of the leverwith relation to the hook shank will be limited by virtue of engagementof the teeth 16 with the edge of the angularly bent portion 17 formed onthe hook shank.

A staple plate is designated by the numeral 19 and when the lever is inthe position illustrated in Fig. 1, the rear wall of the bill engagesthe innermost wall of the staple 19. Thus it can be seen that the doorwill be held in closed position.

When it is desired to raise the bill 7 from the staple, it is onlynecessary to grasp the manipulatin end 9 of the lever 8, raisethe sameupwar ly and swingv it on its pivot 14.

i which moves its end 10 in'the direction of the-staple thus urging thebill 7 away fromengagement with the innermost wall of the staple andupon further movementof the lever on itspiv'ot 14 the laterallyextending end 10 will engage the under" edge of the shank 6. of the hookandraise'the same entirely'from the staple to permit the door to Y Adevice of the character described cornprising, a shank, a bill carriedbythe for- 'ward end portion ofthe shank,' a'lev,er having itsopposite endportions curvedpsaid shank having. its rear end portion pivoted to therear endiportionofsaid lever, a latter I ally projecting shouldercarried by the for-- ward end of said shank; locking teeth carried 'bythe forward end portion'of said lever. 7

lever.

In testimony whereof-I afiix my in' presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:'; w Y VFZLORANCE MQEIHENEY,

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and adapted for engaging said shouldersf and lugs carriedby the oppositeends of said slgnature NELSON LHUME. a

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